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Please feel free to contact us for any enquiries.
O2 Landscapes Ltd.
Phone: 0274 999966
Email: info(at)o2landscapes(dot)com
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Avant Gardener
James Fraser is a New Zealand landscape designer working in London, with a similar ethos to O2 Landscapes' design (the integration of New Zealand natives with worthwhile species from other parts of the world). James and Philip worked together in putting together and growing on the plants for the 100% Pure Tourism New Zealand garden at the 2006 Chelsea Flower Show.
Website: www.avantgardener.co.uk
Oratia Native Plant Nursery
Leaders in the propagation and trialling of native species (particularly endangered species) for introduction to amenity horticulture. O2 Landscapes works in with Oratia Native Plant Nursery by using many of these species in our projects. A great proportion have shown considerable potential for use in gardens.
Website: www.oratianatives.co.nz
Michael Shepherd
Auckland artist Michael Shepherd with whom O2 Landscapes collaborates on the creation of gardens.
Website: www.artagent.co.nz/introshepherd.htm
Yaku Nursery
New Zealand's leading experts on the many beautiful varieties of Clematis. Yaku Nursery joined with O2 Landscapes in presenting the display garden 'Middle Ground : A New Zealand flower garden' at the 2004 Ellerslie Flower Show. Per and Merry Sorensen are plantspeople in the traditional mould, who grow a wide array of unusual varieties that should be better known and utilised (not just a strictly commercial selection). In addition to a significant range of large-flowered varieties, Per holds a special interest in varieties derived off C. viticella and C. texensis, both of which thrive better in the warmer conditions of northern New Zealand. O2 Landscapes shares this interest, and we endeavour to use these floriferous varieties to enliven structural plantings of native trees and shrubs.
Website: www.mrclematis.co.nz
The Garden (Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society)
The Royal Horticultural Society is the leading proponent of the interests of amenity horticulture in the world. In addition to publishing a wide variety of specialist books on horticulture, maintaining several public/experimental gardens (including RHS Wisley), and facilitating numerous garden shows (including the Chelsea Flower Show), the RHS publishes leading periodicals on general and specialty horticulture. The main periodical in the RHS stable is 'The Garden', which we consider to be the world's leading garden publication. In November 2006, Philip had the honour of writing an article on New Zealand's plants and landscapes, for a New Zealand special within the pages of 'The Garden'. The RHS also publishes an excellent specialist periodical, entitled 'The Plantsman'. This is a fascinating resource for those wanting more detailed information on plants and botany.
Website: www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/RHS-Publications/Journals/The-Garden
Fern Glen Native Plant Gardens
Over the last half a century, Muriel Fisher has developed the gardens at Fern Glen, Birkenhead, into one of the most important native gardens within New Zealand. Fern Glen is both a public garden and an experimental ground for the cultivation of native plants, in which Muriel has tirelessly tried out a huge range of native species, in the fashion that Leonard Cockayne did at his great gardens many decades before. From her experience of plants in the wild and in the garden, Muriel gained the experience and knowledge to write several important publications on the subject of cultivating New Zealand plants.
Website: www.fernglen.co.nz
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
The NZPCN network was formed in recent years to bring more attention to New Zealand's threatened plant species. Quite apart from the work carried out by the Network, the main reason that people should visit this website is that it is one of the best online resources about native plants. Individual plant profile sheets provide information on the habitat, threat status and cultivation requirements of a large (and growing) number of species. One of the best features of the website is the huge range of photos of plants, many of which show them within their naturl habitat. Sometimes, images like these can provide greater understanding than written accounts.
Website: www.nzpcn.org.nz